Lock-cabinet for phonograph-records



M. R. HUTCHI SON.

LOCK CABINET FOR PHONOGRAPH RECORDS APPLICATION FILED JUNES, I919.

1,351,333. atenteMug. 31, 1920.

3 SHEETSSHEET l.

M. a. HUTCHISON.

LOCK CABINET FOR PHONOGRAPH RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1 919.

Patented Aug. 31, 192i 3 SHEETS--SHEET 2.

M. R. HUTCHISON. LOCK CABINET FOR PHONOGRAPH RESUME.

APPLICATlON FILED JUNE 3, 19:9.

1,351,333, v Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

3 SHEETSSHEET 3.

. V A Z 4 the following is aspecification.

UNITED STATES 'FFi E MILLER EEEsE HUTCHISO1\T, or WEST "oEAEe TEEw JEEsEY, Assrenon. TO MI LER REESE HUTCI-IISON, Ind,- A CORPORATION OF'NEW JE sEY,

' LOCK-CABINET FOB. rHoEoe APH-EEoo ns. 1

' Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedlAug. 31,

Application filed June 3, 1919.. Serial No.--'301,520.1

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, M LLER REESE I'IUTCHI- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and-rest dent of West Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and usefullmproveme'nts in'Lock:

Cabinets for Phonograph-Records, of

This invention relates to .filingifixtures or furniture, and; with regard to its more spe- I ci-fic features,.to filmg-cabmetsfor phone-,-

graphrecords.

One of the objects of the invention is to previdea device of the above type, of compact and relatively simple construction, .which shall be substantially pro-of against incorrect rcplacementfof articles removed therefrom.

Another object is' to provide ajlixture of' thecharacter referred to,whi chfshall effec} 7 8, 8A, 8B, et'c extend gparallel to thela'teral v, tively bringabout the result of maintaining the articles when not in use, intheir proper place atall times. I

j @ther objects will bein part obvious and in pointed out hereinafter. f

I The inventionaccordingly consists in the features of construction, combinatlons of elements and arrangement of parts which w ll be 'exempllfied in the constructionhereinafter described, andithe scope; ofthe-application of which-will be pointed out in the 4 following; claims.

' Referring now to the accompanying draw-. IHgSWVhQIBIILlSShOWII oneof variouspossible-embodiments of the several features of: the invention, H, .Figure l savrew inlongitudinal section.

taken along the line 11 of'Fig. 3-andshowmg a-carriageframe and its associated rec'- ord lockedin place. .1

7 Fig. 2 is a'view similar. to Fig. 1, showing; thG'POSItIOILOf the parts vwhenthe record is f-ree to be removed, and showingfsup'erposed'cabinet sections. J

Y Fig- 3 isafront view- 0f 2 in v,- 'section. f r r Fig. 4 fragmentary view onian enlarged scale, showing the key controlled elements and assoc ated parts,

- Fig; is .a [-,fragmentary view: on an enlarged scale of the outer keyholeplate' and.

the associatedlocking plate.- V

Fig. 6 is a -se'ct onal, view taken along the Fig. .7 is aperspcctive; viewof thejkey- Similar reference characters refer. to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings. 3 Y

Referring now to 7 Figs. 1, 2 and-3 of the drawings, 11 have shown a .filing cabinet 'having lateral walls 1', a base 2, a top 3JiLIld/rli, rear wall 4. Parallel to the base spaced therefrom, and. extending. substantiallygthe length and width thereof, I provide a base. 7 plate. 5, preferably resting on and secured to a fillerblock opextending the length of the casing, the filler block infturnbeing secured to the base by any dcsiredmeans,- not shown. A vertical wall o'r plate 7 connects said base and said base plateat the front stamping.

A pluralityofverticaldividingpartitions rnem-bers =1, and;- are -.prefera bly' equallyv spaced by means of spacing blocks 9,110, to V ,form a plurality of compartments C, each for housing a disk recor'd,--,e'ach-said compartment being determined by two adjoin; I 7 ing dividing partitions, .the. rear wall; 1 of the c'abinet, -the, baseuplate o and. the top carriage frame 11, ,al'l1 said "frames being when. the record is locked in pfl'ace,. and. an

arcuate seatll for the diskrecord'lo to.be 'filedtherein, I I 5 A plurality :of locking, devicesiare provided, one for each compartment,

locking devices are 1 all; identical. in the "e m-" As these bodiment. shown, thezdetailed f description thereof which follows, is understood map ply to each of the compaitinent's.i; Referring now to Fig; 1; ofthe drawingglhave, shown disposed between the base 2 .and. the bBLSQ:

- plat e 5, locking-latch-l6, having' a dog i; h

' 1 urgedbyaspring l8 gint'o' cooperation withQa; J

notch 19- in the lowermost edge of the fear 4 thereof, the base plate andthe wall being: i 7 preferably formedof a single'sheet: metal riage frame 11. The spring 18 may be of any appropriate type but preferably has one end 20 secured to the latch and the other end 21 abutting the base member 2. A rod 35 extends transversely of the cabinet, and preferably constitutes the pivot for the looking latch 16 of each of the compartments, as bestshown in Fig. 4, washers 36 being interposed between consecutive locking latches. The vertical wall or plate 7 is provided with key holes 37, one alined with eachof the an arcuate edge 24 substantially incontact latches 16, to permit release of any frame by inserting and operating an appropriate key 38 in the corresponding keyhole, to retract the corresponding latch.

To look the record 15 intothe carriage frame, I provide a curved locking arm 22, pivoted about a rod 23, extending trans versely of the cabinet and secured to side walls 1. The locking arm has preferably with a portion of the periphery of the record 15, said arm being formed substantially of the same thickness-of material as the car-' riage frame. The rod 23 serves ,as a pivot for the locking arm in each of the/compartments C.

7 Rigid with locking, arm 22 and accordingly also pivotedabout rod 23, forming a bell-crank in combination therewith, I provide a shiftingarm 25, the lower end of which is preferably slotted as at 26 to strade dle a pin 27 on thecarriage frame 11. The

metal.

shifting arm' extends to one side of the record 15, and is preferably formed of sheet To the rear of the carriage 11, I preferably secure as at'28, one end of a leaf' spring 29, said spring being under compression when the'frame 11 isinplace' as in Fig. 1, the free end ofsaid spring abutting the rear wall 4,: whereby the carriage frame 10 will be partially 'ej ected by said spring, when he locking latch 16-is retracted.

, Near the uppermost portion of t 1e car riage frame, I provide a stop looking bar 30 pivoted intermediate its ends as at 31. The upper end of said bar-is preferably weighted as at 32, the carriage frame being preferably of reduced thickness as at 34, so that the bar 30 can readily be accommodated within the compartment Mechanism is provided, now to be described, which will prevent removal of any record until all of the other records are 111. place within the cabinet.

For this purpose I provide an angle plate 39 to the rear ofthe keyhole plate 7, said plate having a horizontal portion 40 resting on and secured to a plate support 41, which support in turn rests on the base 2 and is secured thereto 'by any .desired means. The.

vertical portion'42 of'the angle plate 39 con- 7 stitutes an inside keyhole plate, having keyholes 43 therein, one corresponding to each compartment C. The key holes 37 and 43 preferably extend at right angles to'e'ach' otheras indicated in Figs; 4 and 6.

Interposed between the keyhole wall 7 and the plate support 41, I provide a slidable keyhole plate 44, preferably extending the width of the cabinet. This keyhole plate has a plurality of preferably T-shaped perforations 45, providing stops 46, one said perforation corresponding to each keyhole 37. Said keyhole plate normally allows free entry therethrough of a key inserted into any of the keyholes 37. i

The key employed for my cabinet is shown in detail in Fig. 7. This key comprises a handle portion 47 and a shank 46 having a bit 48 near the free end thereof and a similar bit 49 at an intermediate portion thereof,the two bits extending at right angles to each other. Between the handle and, shank my keyis provided with a flange 50, having a plate until it is arrested atthe-insidewkey-" hole plate 42. The keyhole 43 in said latter element'being at right angles to the bit 48,

the key is turned through a corresponding angle, thereby allowing the said 'bit to regising the second bit 49 into proper registry I with keyhole37 to permit the key to be in-' serted all the way. Thereupon' the key is turned back through a right angle, whereby both bits become operative at substantially ,the same time, bit 48 depressing the end of the locking lever 16 to remove the dog 17- from the slot 19, and bit 49 laterally displac- 7 ing keyhole plate 44, thereby moving stops 46 to partially close or block each of the keyholes 37 other than the one through which the key is inserted, all as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5 The carriage frame 11 being now released, spring 29 expands to partially eject said frame, the lower edge'of which be-"i comes lodged within slot 51 in the key flange 50. The pin 27 moves forwardlyfwith; the frame, thereby pivoting shifting arm 25.

in a counterclockwise direction about rod 23 and correspondingly shifting locking arm,

22 to release'record- 15, so that it-may be removed, as shown in Fig.2. 1 a

' The carriage frame 11' cannot be" pulled out beyond the position shown in iFig.'2, when the locking arm 22" touches the top ofthe casing. I When the record is removed, the

weighted end 32 causes the locking lever 30 100 ter with said keyhole at the sametimep'lac- 1 I ing below.

to swing in a clockwise directionto' the po-- sition shown in Fig. 2, fora purpose appear- In view of-the slot 51 embraces the lower edge oft-he carriage frame when the same is slid out, the key cannot be rotated to bring the bit 48 into registry with slot 4:3 so thatthe key cannot be withdrawn from the slot "until the car-I .riage frame is pushed "to'home position,

The position'of the stop locking bar 30 in Fig. 2','however, prevents the carriage frame from being pushed'home unless the removed record 15 or a similarly shaped articlebeinserted in the carriage frame to trip stop looking bar 30. Thus the key cannot be withdrawn until the carriage frame is pushed home, and the latter can I be accom-. plished conveniently only after the record is reinserted. f 7

Even if a duplicate of the'key 3810c available, it cannot be used to'gain access to any sition where stops 46 no longer block the keyholes. The key may now again be used to release any of the'records. 7 1

It is thus seen that by my-lnvention only one record can be removed at a time, re-' moval of such record both preventing the withdrawal of'the key from the keyhole and blocking the remaining keyholes against insertion of a duplicate key. It is thus seen, that only a person having an appropriate key can'remove a record from the cabinet, and even such person is compelled to re place the removed record and lock it'in place before he can gain accessto another, 'My

invention thus at small effort on the'part'of the custodian oroperator, effectively prevents confusion of the records,'and minimines the likelihood of breakage 'orscoring.

Although I prefer to employ the specific construction of locking means shown and described, including both a keyhole; closing plate and a key locking means, it is to be understood that a "construction omitting either of saidelements and lncludlng the other, comes within the scope of my invention Although my invention has especialautility audits-preferred application whenapplied to cabinets for disk phonograph fact that the key flange.

records, it-isundersto'od thatit may be applied-to numerous-other purposes. In general, it achieves beneficial results-where'it I lsdesirable to compel replacement of anarticie or apparatus to proper position in av 7 fixturefbefore another article orapparatus can-be removedtherefromg Y I lVhere a considerable number of phonograph records or the like, are to be filed, and-itis desirable-to1save-fioor space, I-may form my cabinet ii -sections providing an.

alinement plate 52 preferably somewhat less in width and length than thewidthand length of the'c-asing ontop of each section, and a correspondingly shaped cavity 53in the'bot'tomithereof.- 'By'this means,,a plurality' ofcabinet sections may readily be superposed in proper alinement,eachgsection having its 1:cavity '53 2 filled byalinemenu plate 52of 'the section belowit.

i "It willth-us be seen that there is herein described' a paratus in whi'chl'the several features of-this invention are embodied, and which apparatus in its action 'attainsjthe various objects of 1 the invention and is well suited to-meet the requirements ofpractical use.

As manychanges could be inade in the c a above. construction 7 1 and -many apparently widely different embodiments of this inven j tion could be made without-departing; from the scope thereof, it is intended that'all mata ter contained in the above description or shown 1n thea'ccompanylng-drawings shall f be interpreted as illustrative and not in V a V limiting sense. I I Having thus described myinv'entiomwhat I claim as new and-desire to securebyLet ters Patent is:

1. In a cabinet'forphonographirecords, in

combination, a, plur'ality of' compartments, each having a slidable carriage frame there'- in, each said frame being adapted 'to 'sup port a' record, means responsive'to'the movement'of any said frame to permit release of the corresponding record, and means to' prerecord is released.

.2. In a filing cabinet for phonograph records, in combination, a plurality o fcompartments, each havlng a recordlocked" therem and each having a corresponding, keyhole, a smglekeytofit said keyhole'sl for releasing any selected record, and means isreleased; w

3. In a-cabinet for phonograph records, in

preventing the'use of'said keywhile'a'record r 7 r I 120- combination, a plurality of compartments, each having a carriage frame locke'dtherein, GilCl'l'SEIlCl frame-be ng adapted to-seat a record, a single key-{for releasing any'said while aframe isreleased, Y

a Ina cabinet"forphonographrecords, in i .110 vent release of any other record while "said '1 25 frame, and means preventing use o'f-sal'dkey ments, each having a carriage frame therein for a record, a plurality of latches, one for locking each said frame into its compartment, a key for retracting any saidlatch to release the corresponding frame, and means locking said key against removal while said frame is released.

6. In. a cabinet for phonograph records, in combination, a plurality of compartments, each having aslidable carriage frame therein for a record, aplurality of springpressed latches, one forlocking each said frame into its compartment, a key for retracting any said latch to release the corresponding frame, and means locking said key against removal when said frame is slid from home position.

7. In a cabinet for phonograph records,

in combination, a plurality of compart for locking each frame into its compartm' nt,

a single key for releasing any of said latches to permit removal of the corresponding record, and means to prevent use of said key for releasingany other latch while a record is removed; 7

8. In a cabinet for phonograph records, in combination, a plurality of compartments, each having a-carriage frame therein, record locking means extending into the path of the records, aplurality of latches, one for locking each said. frame into the cabinet, means for retracting any one said latch, and'means responsive to displacement of the corresponding frame, to release the corresponding record-locking means.

9. In a cabinet for phonograph records,

in combination, a plurality of compart- .Inents, each having a carriage frame therein,

locking means for looking a plurality of records one to each frame, aplurality of latches, one for locking each said frame into the cabinet, a single key for retracting any one said latch, and means to prevent use of said key until saidrecordis again locked 10. In a cabinet for phonograph records,

in combination, -a plurality of compartments, eachhaving a slidable carriage frame therein, a plurality of locking latches one for each frame, a key for releasing any said latch, and means interlocking said key with said frame when slid outwardly to prevent removal of said key from its corresponding keyhole.

11. In a cabinet for phonograph records, in combination, a plurality of compartments, each having a slidable carriage frame therein, a plurality of pivoted latches, one for locking each frame into said cabinet, a key for releasing any saidlatch, said key having a transverse flange, with a notch entered by a frame when slid outwardly.

12. I11 a cabinet for phonograph records, in combination, a plurality of compartments, each havinga slidable carriage frame therein, a plurality of latches, one for looking each frame into said cabinet, a plurality of key holes, one corresponding to each said latch, a key having a bit adapted to be in serted into any said hole, said, bit being adapted when said key is turned, to retract said latch,,and a flange on said key having a notch alined with the released frame to lodge the latter when slid outwardly.

13. In a cabinet for phonograph records, in combination, a plurality of compartments, each having a. carriage frame therein, locking means forlocking a plurality of records one to each frame, a plurality of latches, one for locking each said frame into the cabinet, a key for retracting any one said latch, and a connection between each frame and the corresponding record locking means for releasing the latter when the former is slid outwardly, and means to prevent use of said key until said record is again locked in place.

14;. In a phonograph record filing cabinet, in combination, a plurality of slidable carriage frames therein urged outwardly, each adapted to supporta record, a locking latch for each said frame, a key adapted to release any said latch, said key having a notch therein alined with and adapted to embrace the bottom of a released frame.

15. In a filing cabinet, in combination, a

plurality of compartments, each adapted to have an article locked therein, a key-hole associated with each compartment, a key. adapted to be inserted into any saidkeyhole to unlock the corresponding article, and means responsive to said manipulation of said key to prevent insertion of a key into any of a plurality ofthe remaining keyholes.

16. In a phonograph record filing cabinet, in combination, a plurality of compartments, locking means for each compartment adapted to secure a record therein, a keyhole associated with each compartment, a key adapted to be inserted into any said key-hole to unlock the corresponding record, and means responsive to said manipulation of said key to block the remaining key-holes.

17 In a phonograph record filing cabinet, in combination, a plurality of compartments,

key-holes,

lamest locking means for each a compartment adapt ed tosecure a record therein, a key-holeassociated with each compartment, a key adapted to be inserted into-any said key-hole tounlock the corresponding record, and a key-hole closing plate to block the remaining 7 key-holesresponsive to the manipulation of said vkey. v

18. Ina phonograph record filing cabinet,

in combination, a plurality of compartments, locking, means for each, compartment adapt ed to secure a record therein, a-key-hole associated, with each compartment, a key adapted to be inserted into any said keyhole to unlock the ,correspondingrecord, a key-hole closing plate normally in inobtrusive position, said key-having a, bit adapted during said unlocking movement to shift said plateto block the remaining keysholes 19, In a phonograph record filingcabinet, incombination a base, albase plate spaced therefrom, a wall connecting the front of said; plate to said base, a plurality ofcomand adapted to be shifted by said key during its releasing movement to block the remaining key-holes. r

20. In a filing cabinealin, combinatioma plurality ofcompartments, a plurality of carriage frames, one in each compartment, a plurality of locking'latches, one for each frame, a plurality of key-holes in said "cabi net, one in alinement witheach 'latch-, and a key-hole closing plate'backof said key-holes, and 1 normally inobtrusive, whereby a key with :two bits may be inserted in any keyhole, and manipulated to permitone bit to release the corresponding latch, and simultaneously therewith to permit the other to shift said closing bar, to block the remaining 21. In a filing cabinet, in combination, a base, a base plate spaced therefrom, 'a wall connecting the front of'said'base plate and said base, a plurality of carriage frames over said base plate, a plurality of latches between said base and saidbase plate,'one corresponding to each frame,and fitting ina notch therein, a set of'key-holes saidwall, one alined with each latch, an inner plate parallel to "said Wallandhaving key-holes at an angle to said first set, a key-hole closingplate in back of said wall, and a keyv having two bits at, an angle to each other, whereby upon insertion of said key in any offsaid key-holes, one bit will"retract" the latch'to vrelease the corresponding carriage frame,

while thesecond shifts said closing plate, to block the key-holesfor the other latches.v

in'- combination, a plurality of carriage plurality of locking members, each for lock ing anmticleinto the cabinet, akey; for're; leasing any said article, and means, rendered operative by said releasing-actionto prevent the withdrawal ofsaid keyfrom thecorre- 22. In combination, in a filing cabinet, a

spending keyhole, and to prevent use of a duplicate key for unlocking any otherv of the. articles.

23. combination, in "alfiling cabinet, a pluralityof locking-:me'mbers each for lock-. ing anarticle into the cabinet, a set of keyholes, one associated with each article, akey for releasing any 'sai'd article, means rendered operative following said releasing ac-' tionto prevent withdrawalof said key, and a key-hole closing 3 plate actuatedby said key 'to block the remaining key-holes.

. 24'; {In a cabinetjfor' phonograph records,

frames therein'," each adapted to'support a record, a plurallty of locking elements, one for locklng each said vframe into said cab -l net, aflset of keyholes,lone associated with each frame, a key for unlocking, any'said element, means interlocking said frame and said. key, while, the corresponding record is removed to prevent withdrawal of said key, and a key-hole, closing plate controlled by'said key when in the latter position to.

block the remaining e -1 a gainst use ofa duplicate key,

25. In a cabinet for? phonograph records," in combination, a7 plurali ty of carriage frames therein, each adapted to support a' record, a plurality'lof'latches,j one for lock} 7 ing each said frame into said cabinet, at set I of key-holes,one associated with each latch, Y

a keyffor retracting any .s'aidlatch to permit displacement'of the corresponding frame,

drawal thereof, by lodging said displaced ,said key havingl a'n otch, to prevent -withframe therein, and means rendered operative by said retracting movement of said key, to blockthe-remaining key-holes v in combination, a plurality of carriage frames therein, a plurality of latches, one

for locking each said frame into said ca binet,a"set of key-holes, one associated, with each latch, a key for retracting any said latch to permit displacement jo'f, the corre 7' sponding frame, said-key havmga notch to displaced frame therein, aplurality of locking arms, one assoc atedwitheach framean'd prevent'withdrawal thereof,by lodging said operative to-locka record therein, and means a connecting each arm-to. its frame, to release the recordywh'en. the frame s displaced.

27. In a filing cabinet, 1n combinationf'a slidable carriage frames, the in each compartment, each forlodging an article, a plurality oflocking arms, one for' locking each article to its frame, means connecting. each plurality of compartments, aplurality of 110 26.7 Ina cabinetn for phonogra-phrecord's,

arm to its frame topermit release of the record when the frame is slid outwardly, a plurality of locking latches, one for locking each frame into the cabinet, a plurality of keyholesin the cabinet, one alined with each latch, a key adapted to be inserted into any said keyhole to retract the correspond ng latch, said key having a notch alined with the associated frame, whereby when the released frame is slid outwardly, said key will be locked against withdrawal, and a keyhole closing plate back of said key-holes, rendered operative by said retracting movement of said key to block the remaining keyholes. g r

28. In a filing cabinet, in combination, a base, a base plate parallel thereto and spaced therefrom, a plurality of latches between said base and said base plate and having a common pivot rod, an outer key-hole plate connecting said base to said base plate, and having a key-hole alined with each latch, an

inner key-hole plate parallel to said outer plate, and having its key-holes at an angle to those of said outer plate, and a key-hole closing plate, between said key-hole plates.

29. In. a phonograph record filing cabinet,

I in combination, a set of compartments, a set of slidable carriage frames, one looked in each compartment, each adapted to have a record locked'therein, means to unlock any said frame, meansresponsive to displacement thereof, to unlock the corresponding record, and means to prevent the unlocking of any other frame until said record is reinserted and locked in place. V

'30. In a phonograph record filing cabinet, in combination, a setof compartments, a set of slidable carriage frames, one looked in each compartment, each adapted to have a record locked therein, a key to unlock any said frame, means; responsive to displacement thereof, to unlock said record, and to prevent withdrawal of said key, and a stop looking bar to prevent reinsertion-of said frame until after said record is reinserted therein. 7

7 31. In apparatus of' the character de scribed, in combination, a filing cabinet, a plurality of retainers therein, each for re taining an article, each said retainer exposing the corresponding article at the delivery side'of the cabinet, and means in the path of "each article to prevent removal thereof from its retainer, and means to lock each retainer into the cabinet.

32. In apparatus of the character described, in combination, a phonograph record cabinet, a plurality of dividing partitions therein forming compartments, a plurality of slidable carriage frames, one in each compartment, each exposing the correspondingrecord at the delivery side of the cabinet, a set of latches, one for locking each frame into the cabinet, a set of locking arms,

connection with said frame.

38. In a' cabinet for phonograph disk one for'locking'each record into its frame, each locking arm extending into the path for removal of the corresponding record, and means permitting release of a locklng arm after the corresponding latch is withdrawn. I a

33. In apparatus of the character. described, in combination, a compartment, a retaining memberv therein, adapted to hold anarticle, means preventing removal of said article when said retaining member is in home position, and a connection between said retaining member and said means for preventing operation of said means until said retaining member is displaced.

34. In apparatus of the character described, in combination, a phonograph record compartment accessible through one side, a movable carriage frame therein adapted to support a record and to expose the latte! at the said accessible side of the compartment, a member interposed in the path of said record when said carriage is in home position, and means to rendersaid member inobtrusive responsive to movement of said carriageoutwardly. I

85. In apparatus of the character described, in combination, a phonograph disk record compartment, accessible through oneside, a slidable carriage frame therein adapted'to seat a record, and to expose it at the said side, an arm substantially in the plane of said record having a part extending in front thereof, and means connecting said arm to said frame, to render said arm inobtrusive when said frameis slid outrecords, in combination, a compartment, a

slidable carriage frame therein, adaptedto seat a record, an arm plvoted about an axis transverse of sald compartment and'extending in the path of said record to prevent removal thereof, and a second arm pivoted about the same. axis andconnected to the said first arm, and having a pin and slot.

records, in combination, a plurality of 001m partments, a carriage frame in each compartment, adapted to seat a record, a bearing rod extending transversely of all said compartments, a bell crank lever, in each said compartment, pivoted about said rod,

each said lever comprising a locking arm for a record, and a shifting arm connected to the corresponding frame.

39. In a cabinet for phonograph disk records, in combination, a compartment, a slidable carriage frame therein, adapted to seat a record, a curved arm pivoted about an axis transverse of said compartment, to ex tend partially around the forward edge of said record, and a second arm rigid with said first arm, and to one side of said record, said arm having a pin and slot connection with said frame near its free end. 7

40. In a cabinet for phonograph'records, in combination, a slidable carriage frame therein for seating a record, a stop locking bar pivoted to said frame, and weighted at its upper end to urge said end forwardly, but restrained against forward movement by said record, whereby, upon removal of said record, a portion of said stop bar will prevent sliding said frame to home position, until a record is inserted therein to release said stop bar.

41. In a cablnet for phonograph records,- in combination, a slidable carnage frame therem for seatmg a record, means urgmg said frame outwardly, locking means opposing said urging means, and a stop not be replaced to home position until the record is reinserted.

42. In a cabinet for phonograph records,

- in combination, a slidable carriage frame therein for supporting a record, a spring for urging said frame outwardly, locking means for opposing saidspring, an arm forpreventing removal 'ofsaid record when said locking means is operative, and a stop look ing bar pivoted to said frame, and urged to move its upper end forwardly, but restrained by said record.

43; In a cabinet for phonograph records, in combination, a slidable carriage frame therein for supporting a record and a pivoted member connected to said frame and adapted to contact a part of said cabinet, for

limiting the movement of said frame away from home position.

414:. In a cabinet for phonograph records,

in combination, a slidable carriage frame therein for supportlng a record, a pivoted away from home position, and means to said flange having a notch. member connected to said carriage, and

arm pivoted to said frame, for preventing removal of said recordwhen said frame is in home position, means urging said armagainst a part of said cabinet to limit the displacement of said frame and-to release said record, and means to prevent replacing said frame in said homev position, until a recordis reinserted therein. 1 r

47. In a cabinet .for phonograph in combination, a slidablecarriage frame therein for supporting record, a. spring for urging said frame outwardly, locking .records,

' means for opposing said spring, an arm for preventing removal of sald record when r s saidlocking means iso'perative, a stop locking bar pivoted to said frame, and urged I to moveits upper end forwardly, but restrained by said record, said arm serving to limit the return slide of said frame.

48. In apparatus of the" character described, in combination, a. compartment, a retaining member adapted to hold an article, means preventing removalof said article when said'retaining member is in home position, a connection between said retainthe latter inoperative when the former is displaced, and a latch for maintaining said retaining member in home position.

49. In a phonograph record cabinet, in combination, a compartment, a carriage ing member and saidv means for rendering frame therein, a locking arm for looking a 5 record thereto, a latch for locking said frame to said cabinet, and a shifting arm' connecting said locking arm to said frame,

to release the former when said latch is released, and said frame displaced.

50. A key for a phonograph record cabinet, comprising a handle, a shank, two bits at right angles to each other and ati.different parts of the length of said shank, and a transverse flange adjacent said handle,

Signed at New York city in the county 

